Importance of Psychological Research in Palliative Care: Barriers in its Development

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  • Joaquín T. Limonero Stress and Health Research Group, Faculty of Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
  • Francisco Gil-Moncayo Psycho-Oncology Unit, Hospital Duran i Reynals, Institut Català d’Oncologia (ICO), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain

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https://doi.org/10.17140/PMHCOJ-1-101

Abstract

Diseases in general, and particularly those that threat the continuation of life, may affect the person in diverse manners causing suffering or emotional distress. At the end of life, suffering may be caused by different dimensions (physical, psychological, social & spiritual), and these dimensions can contribute separately or in an accumulative way to the experience of suffering.

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2014-04-23

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Joaquín T. Limonero, & Francisco Gil-Moncayo. (2014). Importance of Psychological Research in Palliative Care: Barriers in its Development. Palliative Medicine and Hospice Care, 1(1), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.17140/PMHCOJ-1-101

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2015): Volume 1 Issue 1 2015

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